#96

Tymir Oliver

Senior defensive lineman for Illinois. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · Illinois · Sr. · #96

6′4″ · 290 lb · Philadelphia, PA

Illinois 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1897 nationally · Signed with Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Illinois. 2019: 1.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Illinois, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20163 games

Signed with Illinois3-star out of West Philadelphia Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1897 national

CFB

College

Illinois

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Lovie Smith

Illinois

Played his entire career under Lovie Smith.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Lovie Smith — 15-34 over that span.

2016Illinois3-9HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

2017Illinois2-10HC: Lovie Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

2018Illinois4-8HC: Lovie Smith · Run-heavy

2019Illinois6-7HC: Lovie Smith · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#713 / 2688 · 71st pct

4.5

Sacks#741 / 2688 · 70th pct

1.5

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Tackles#1436 / 2688 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1778 / 2688 · 32nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.1
Road5g	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Illinois	29	12	4.5	1.5	2	--	--
2018	Illinois	27	15	2.5	1.0	3	--	--
2017	Illinois	33	19	4.5	3.0	2	--	--
2016	Illinois	3	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		92	46	11.5	5.5	7	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2019

W 24–23

vs Wisconsin

7 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With B. Hayes — 46 AVG · 55 LONG · 5 NO · B. Peters — 174 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 40.8 · -15 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week